Katakana word

pondo “pound” in Japanese

pondo

Character by character

  1. po
  2. n
  3. do

ポンド is made of 3 katakana sounds. It reads pondo.

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マスク

masuku — mask · breakdown →

ドル

doru — dollar · breakdown →

リラックス

rirakkusu — relax · breakdown →

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